Continued bombardment of Rafah will constitute a war crime, says Martin

Palestinians inspect the damage to residential buildings after airstrikes killed dozens of Palestinians, according to local health officials. Picture: Fatima Shbair/AP

Continuing Israel’s bombardment of Rafah would be a war crime, says Tánaiste Micheál Martin, who has vowed to continue funding the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.

As Israel threatens a further ground offensive in Rafah where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have fled, the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called on US president Joe Biden to reconsider providing weapons to Benjamin Netanyahu's forces.